Bob Greene Quotes

Going unnoticed has never been my strong suit.

I can never be anonymous - especially when I walk round looking like this; especially when I take so much trouble not to be anonymous, right?

I've never wanted to be your average Joe. I've always wanted to stand out from the crowd - to be someone looked at and admired, and scrutinised. I'd much rather be scrutinised or criticised than have no one look at me at all.

Criticism comes to those who stand out.

If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance.

I stand out a little bit with my hair, so I make sure I wear a hood!

The last thing you want to do is blend in. You want to stand out, and hopefully in a good way.

I think a lot of the time when you just see a lot of beautiful girls it kind of just all blends in together. You want something about yourself to stand out.

Be different. Be original. Nobody will remember a specific flower in a garden filled with thousands of the same yellow flower, BUT they will remember the one that managed to change its color to purple.

I think that people are having to do like really crazy things to shock people now, to get people's attention and it kind of, it's this way in lots of different aspects of life. You know, people fight for attention. It's competitive. So they need to be the one that stands out.

Don't blend in; instead, clash with your environment. Stand out. Be different. That's what will draw attention to your ideas. Nothing has intrinsic attention-grabbing power by itself. The power lies in how much something stands out from its context.

I like to stand out and make a statement.

I went for an outrageous form of expressing myself. It seemed to be a way that I could make my name and show that I was somebody.

Show off your own style and uniqueness to stand out. That's the advice I'd give to people getting started online now.

My size is an asset to me. People write roles for me. If I was just another blond-haired, brown-eyed, 18-year-old actor, I'd be left unrecognized. People remember me.

Honestly, I just think we all have special gifts, everyone. You know, obviously, some are more noticeable than others and that's why there's the limelight. Everybody's in it.

So many boys and girls talk the same way, listen to the same music, look the same. If I'm out, I'll notice the person who looks different before I notice the person who's, 'really hot.'

She had in mind a different kind of looking person, because his appearance is not at all like mine.

I not only get recognized - I get recognized from behind.

People remember my last name because it's different, and people remember me in meetings because I dress differently from other people just because I'm a woman. Those kinds of things give you an opportunity and a spotlight, so use that to your advantage. Use it as a platform to demonstrate your knowledge and your capabilities.

Image is not one way to differentiate yourself, it's the only way.

Flamboyance causes people to notice you—particularly press people.

It's difficult to tell whether people are looking at you because they recognise you from your work or just because you're 6 ft. 3 in. and have the eyebrows of Satan. It's difficult to distinguish between the two.

When I was a kid, I had to try a lot of pyrotechnics just so people would know who I was.

If anything, who I am and my background helped propel me and helped me stand out.